Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-03-31

remained at the depot fifteen minutes, dur
ing which time Mr.. Blaine was occupied in
shaking hands.
ST. LOUIS, March 30th-P. M-The train
bearing James G. Blaine and party arrived
here about half-past 8 o'clock tonight.
The party was met at the depot by few
personal friends and were Immediately
driven to the Lindell Hotel. Blaine will
remain in the city but short time.
Cars Electrically Lighted.
BosroN, March 30th.-An electrically
lighted train. the first in the United States,
left here for New York this afternoon.
NO POSSIBILITY OF FIRE.
New YORK, March 31st-A -AM.-[Special.]
The Boston express train which arrived
here last evening was heated by steam
from the locomotive and lighted by incan-
descent electric lights fed by storage bat
teries. 1t is the first time in the world that
a complete train was so lighted and heated.
There are neither lamps nor stoves to set
ire to cars in case of accident.
A Doomed Village.
New YORK, March 30th.-The Worlds
Wilkesbarre special says: The inhabitants
of the little town of Plains received a rude
awakening shortly before midnight on Sun
day. The workings of the Mill Creek col
Company, extend under large part of the
town, and at some points come within less
than ninety feet of the surface. The silence
OF the night was broken by a rumbling
crash. Houses shook and trembled, and
with shock like that of an earthquake,
six acres.of ground settled from three to
six feet, and the earth was traversed in all
directions by gaping assures, some of them
two feet in width, and apparently without
bottom.
Thoroughly Democratic.
ALBANY, March 3Oth.-There was some
thing of panic among the high-license
Republicans of the Assembly yesterday
afternoon when Governor Hill sent in his
veto of Mr.. Swetts bill, which prohibits
the sale of liquor within half mile of the
grounds of the Willard Asylum for the In
sane, as the reasons given for the Executive
disapproval of the measure were accepted
as foreshadowing his action on the Crosby
high-license bill.
A Senator Who is in Demand.
WASHINGTON, March 30th.-[Special. !
Senator Hearst IS expected here from New
York on Friday. Reports from that city
say that the Senator has met in New York
Lord Beresford and other members of a
syndicate interested in the purchase of a
million and half acres of land in Chihua-
hua, Mex. Other reports assert that Hearst
has been enjoying himself in New York,
and that he will come to Washington as
soon as his pleasures in the metropolis are
at an end. His arrival is anxiously awaited
by a number of Democratic politicians
who hope to secure offices by his influence.
The Interstate Commissioners.
WASHINGTON, March 30th-All the In
terstate Commerce Commissioners, except
Bragg, are in the city tonight Commits
sioner Morrison has been here since the
adjournment of Congress, and Walker ar
rived during the day, while later trains
| brought Judge Cooley and Schoonmaker.
Captain Bragg is expected tomorrow
morning Tomorrow afternoon the Com
missioners will receive their commissions
and be sworn into Office. What will
afterward be done they cannot say, as they
have not had time for consultation.
Colorado's Greeting.
DENVER, March 30th.-The House to-day
adopted the following resolution Re
Sofred, By this General Assembly, that its
! cordial greeting and sympathy be and is
hereby extended to Right Honorable Will
lam E. Gladstone and Charles Stewart Par
nell, of the House of Commons, and to
the people of Great Britain and Ireland in
| their just and heroic warfare against the
oppression Of the people of Ireland by
| system OF misrule, which, in the judgment
of mankind, should be absolyed and no
vestige of it left to tell the story of the bar
barism of its slavery"
Still without Candidate.
CHICAGO, March 30th.-The Democratic
party of Chicago is still without a candi-
date for Mayor, and the leaders are again
looking to Carter Harrison, notwithstand-
ing that he has twice accepted and twice
| declined the nomination. John McAvoy,
a wealthy brewer, was nominated this af-
ternoon, but he declined.
Reducing the Debt.
WASHINGTON, March 30th.-It is esti-
mated at the Treasury Department that
there has been decrease of about $12 000,-
900 in the public debt during the present
month. The receipts so far this month
amount to S33, ,235, ,293, and the expenditures
to $1S 1865, $50, including So, ,735, PIG pension
payments, leaving a net gain of receipts
over expenditures of S14, ,S66, 743.
The Branch Home for Old Soldiers.
WASHINGTON, March 30th.-A meeting
of the Managers of the National Home for
Disabled Volunteer Soldiers will be held
on April 10Th, TO discuss the question of
the Branch Home authorized by the last
Congress. 1t seems to be practically set
tied that it will be located in California.
either in Los Angeles or in Napa valley
Two Holidays Week.
New YORK, March th.-Manufacturers
and other employers having a large num-
Der of hands at work are disturbed by the
announcement from Albany that the Sem
ate unanimously passed the bill making
every Saturday legal holiday.
A Costly Fire.
DETROIT, March 3Oth.-The large shoe
manufacturing establishment Of Pingree &
Smith was totally destroyed by fire to-
night. The loss is estimated at 1895, 900.
About 725 employees are thrown out of EN-
ployment.
Reported Loss of Steamer.
BosToN, March 30th.--A special to the
Journal from st. Johns, n F., says The
steamer Eagle, from the he sealing eaa grounds,
particulars have been received"
Reagan Still Suffering
PALESTINE (Tex), March 30th.-Senator